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    hey guys, just wondering if anyone knows how to install a mcai. ive got all 3 parts but have no idea what to do with them :S help would be much appreciated, thanks guys!!!

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    try using the search button there are at least 2 entire threads for this on this site with full photos....

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    Grab all the parts in your right hand and do the following: put you right hand in, put your right hand out, put your right hand in and you shake it all about, you do the hokey pokey and you turn around, that's how you install the MCAI.

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    Quote Originally Posted by impulsive View Post
    i assume the parts are the bottom half of the air box?
    yeh, so i simply take the old bottom half out and replace with new one?

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    yeah, have you got the special allen key like tools that look like a star? i forget the proper name of them
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    Torx bits.

    I know Jaycar have the smaller ones but not sure about the larger sizes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trent L View Post
    Torx bits.

    I know Jaycar have the smaller ones but not sure about the larger sizes.
    thanks mate. i'll give them a call and sus it out

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    Don't bother, after doing my 2 hole mod, I gave up on trying to fit the bloody mcai in. My intake piping is still cold after a long drive anyway. Waste of money if you ask me.

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    hrmmm. i'll have a crack, if i cant do it, ill give the 2 hole mod a shot, if i stuff that up, ill just get a new box LOL

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    is the torx bit to remove the bottom part of the airbox? i thought u just pull it up and out it comes. thats all i do...


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    i just thought it was some normal bolts or screws holding it down, but i guess not :S

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    Quote Originally Posted by wikky View Post
    Grab all the parts in your right hand and do the following: put you right hand in, put your right hand out, put your right hand in and you shake it all about, you do the hokey pokey and you turn around, that's how you install the MCAI.
    haha, funniest thing ive seen all day!

    wish it were that easy


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    Quote Originally Posted by 04sv6 View Post
    i just thought it was some normal bolts or screws holding it down, but i guess not :S
    na nothing holds it in, just pull it up. the bottom airbox has little rubber rings in it which fit over the torx studs. no need to undo them, just makes life harder.


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    Quote Originally Posted by richardpalinkas View Post
    na nothing holds it in, just pull it up. the bottom airbox has little rubber rings in it which fit over the torx studs. no need to undo them, just makes life harder.
    sweeeeeeeet!!! thanks mate

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